Pediatric & Adolescent PC Prac

Catalog description

This course will prepare the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) student to apply holistic, family-centered, community-based care concepts to families with infants, children, and adolescents. Students will assess comprehensively, develop differential diagnoses, and manage common health variations, including prescribing appropriate medications. Students will collaborate with other healthcare providers and professional disciplines to provide family-centered care to infants, children, adolescents, and their families using primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies. Focused areas of study will include relevant pediatric pathophysiology, advanced physical assessment, and management of common health concerns specific to newborns, infants, children, and adolescents, including pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. Students will apply artistic and scientific nursing practice components to infants, children, adolescents, and their families within an Ignatian and holistic worldview. Prerequisites: NURS680 and NURS756 and NURS658 and NURS770 and NURS776 Co-requisites: NURS774 Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate College of Nursing Nursing